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Researchers discover molecular security system that protects cells from potentially harmful DNA
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a molecular security system in human cells that deactivates and degrades foreign DNA. This discovery…
Paper strips can quickly detect toxin in drinking water
Engineers at the University of Michigan led the development of the new biosensor.The paper strips perform 28 times faster than the complicated method most…
A role for calcium in taste perception
Calcium may not come to mind when you think of tasty foods, but in a study appearing in the January 8 issue of JBC, Japanese researchers have provided the…
Sealed off
Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) and the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin-Buch, have now demonstrated how these brain…
New Insights into the Control of Cellular Protein Production
Experimental analysis of genetically modified mice revealed that an evolutionary conserved regulatory mechanism of protein production plays an important role…
Weight is a prickly problem: a key role for hedgehog signalling in controlling fat storage
Obesity is a widespread condition in humans and has many serious consequences. Not only are overweight people faced with surcharges on airplanes but they also…